Played this a lot some time ago. Went for the US cv and JPN battleships first since I wanted the Midway and Yamato. Played a lot of co-op so you dont have to worry about the really bad teammates that much (even though I miss a lot myself )

Still want the Midway and Yamato just for the lolz but gameplay wise I like the cruisers more. Currently playing with the Pensacola and Nurnberg and must say apart from the cleveland (which is a beast) I like the german cruisers the most.

And now i have reached the konig. Used free exp to fully upgrade her.And here is where she gets amazing. She gets heavier, WW2 ammo. And my god does it frikking penetrate. I have played it for 5 matches now....and i think we have a new winner for the T5 BB's.

Some people whine= what use is heavier armor when BB shells always penetrate?

You see, what most people dont get is that Cruisers with 8 inch guns with AP ammo deal infact, heavy damage to BB's. And this, is where the German BB's really stand out. I see half the damage dealt and far more non penetrations when fighting german BB's with my pensacola. And you have to close in the distance with the german BB's. For other nations BB's, this often means in way more vurnability in damage taken against shell fire but their is no diffrence like this with German BB's.

So far, the only thing less is torpedo damage reduction.

German BB's are amazing. Cannot wait to get the bayern and gneisenau

Also i became a premium bitch, i bought the scharnhorst :> Wich is amazing. Finnally a BB that does not fear HE Cruiser spammers and dodgers. One does not simply dodge 9 28cm shells!

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I'm really liking Kaiser after first 11 matches. It's actually got my highest average dmg of all BB's (up Izumo and North Carolina in other trees), but obviously having tons of other BB's in every game is dragging my damage up.

Nassau on the other hand was a bit meh in my opinion, pretty much Kawachi with more accurate but less efficient guns.

I love the Scharnhorst, if only for variety`s sake. Feels refreshing to play a sort of battlecruiser for a change.

I`m really tempted to free XP the Bismarck (the secondary build is apparently incredibly fun to play with) but I think I will keep playing all the other ships along the grind as most of them are pretty nice ships. The tier 6 seems especially good and I`m curious how the Gneisenau plays with Tirpitz turrets instead of 283mms.

Well with Gneisenau you can properly engage BB's wich might me difficult for scharnhorst to do at long range

Scharnhorst can become a very effective BB fighting machine by using it 32 knots to close in the distance and fight at 6km. You have your amazing secondaries to constantly setting enemies on fire, and your 28cm AP shells ARE effective at that range.

As for gneisenau You sacrifice cruiser killing power for more BB killing power. And going 32 knots, you can dodge enemy shells way better at long range. Gneisenau also differs alot when fully upgraded. She loses her 15cm secondary batteries and 10.5cm AA guns for 11 x 2 12.8 CM DP guns. For some reason german BB's are priorities for CV's and god you make a horrible mistake by attacking Gnei. At 5.2km she has 136 damage per second with those heavy secondaries. You can DOUBLE this by researching the manual fire control. You can go to the sides of the map and try to get behind enemy lines and then easily take out CV's, using speed and the ability to quickly deter AA attacks.

Going into action against a colorado and nagato is still not in your advantage. You have to use your advantages against them.

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